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 Dalton Kearn
Dalton Kearn is a former colleague of
Leonard Meltsner. He worked with
Leonard in the past, and competed with him for the heart of
Thelma Mushnik. When Thelma married
Leonard, Kearn turned evil. He convinced the Meltsners to come to Africa
with him on an archeological dig. There in Zaire, Kearn imprisoned them
and forced Leonard to continue working for him as a senior
archaeologist. The Meltsner's seven-year-old son
Eugene stayed in the United States with
his uncle.
Thelma Meltsner gave birth to her
second son, Everett, in captivity in
Africa. When Everett was two years old, Kearn arranged a "minor
accident" and took Everett away to the hospital where he supposedly
died. But Everett did not die, and Kearn kept him away from the
Meltsners and raised him as his own son.
When Leonard Meltsner finally escape
captivity by staging a landslide to cover his escape tunnel, Kearn hunts
him down to keep him from telling the authorities. He is a man with wide
influence in the archaeology and scientific circles, and tracks down a
Eugene Meltsner living in Odyssey.
In the episode
The Top Floor II,
Dalton is discussed by Leonard Meltsner
and Eugene Meltsner. Dalton is featured
in a photo with Leonard Meltsner and
Thelma Mushnik, in Tunisia right before they discover the ancient
Tunisian version of a telescope, which was the first discovered of its
kind. Leonard Meltsner says that he
outgrew Dalton Kearn in personality and as scientists. Dalton insisted
on old archeology techniques, and Leonard wanted to use SONAR and other
non-invasive archeological tools to increase their success. After
Leonard became a successful archeologist using SONAR technologies,
Dalton became uncontrollably envious and almost insane.
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